Same‐Day Discharge Following Outpatient Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty: A Single‐Center Experience

• Published in: Pulmonary circulation Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. e70025 - n/a
• Main Authors: Saha, Amit, Chidester, Jeffrey P., Hall, Hurst M., Shah, Trushil, Chin, Kelly M., Bartolome, Sonja D., Koshy, Thomas P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: chronic thromboembolic disease; chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; postprocedure management; Research Letter; chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; postprocedure management; chronic thromboembolic disease

Overnight inpatient monitoring is common following balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We describe our institutional experience in same‐day discharge (SDD) after BPA. Across 78 BPA sessions, there were only 2 (2.6%) admissions for hemoptysis...